Touch pad for handheld device

A battery powered handheld music player, comprising:

• a housing that supports various electrical components that provide computing operations for the music player;
• a memory device disposed inside the housing and configured to store a plurality of songs in a digital format;
• a display screen provided at a first portion of a front surface of the housing, and configured to present a list of songs from the plurality of stored songs and to present a visual indicator that is capable of linearly traversing through the list of songs in order to designate a specific song from the list of songs;
• a single integrated input arrangement provided at a second portion of the front surface of the housing, the single integrated input arrangement including a curvilinear inner input region and a plurality of curvilinear outer input regions disposed outside the inner input region that are adjacent one another and that provide control functions for operating the music player, the inner input region being implemented with a touch pad;
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• audio output components for outputting music associated with a selected specific song from the list of songs.

A battery powered handheld device capable of playing media, comprising:

• a housing that supports various electrical components that provide computing operations for the battery powered handheld device;
• a memory device disposed inside the housing and configured to store a plurality of menu items;
• a display screen provided at a first portion of a front surface of the housing, and configured to present a list of menu items and to present a visual indicator that is capable of linearly traversing through the list of menu items in order to designate a specific menu item from the list of menu items;
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• an input arrangement provided at a second portion of the front surface of the housing, the input arrangement including curvilinear inner input region and one or more curvilinear outer input regions that provide control functions for operating the battery powered handheld device, the outer input regions being disposed outside the inner input region, the inner input region including at least a touch pad.